Emily Dawn (Royse) Davis, 34

Emily Dawn (Royse) Davis, 34, of Champaign, left this life at 7:06 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.A Celebration of Emily’s Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 4 at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center Champaign-Urbana Chapel, 710 N. Neil St. in Cham...

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Olney Daily Mail - Olney, IL

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Posted Jan. 3, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Updated Jan 3, 2013 at 1:15 PM

Posted Jan. 3, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Updated Jan 3, 2013 at 1:15 PM

Emily Dawn (Royse) Davis, 34, of Champaign, left this life at 7:06 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

A Celebration of Emily’s Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 4 at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center Champaign-Urbana Chapel, 710 N. Neil St. in Champaign. Officiating will be Pastor Steve Wingert. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, January 3 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Champaign. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Emily Davis Memorial Fund, which will help support her three children’s education. Please join Emily’s family in sharing memories, photos or videos on her tribute wall at www.sunsetfuneralhome.com.

Emily was born July 25, 1978, in Olney, Illinois. She was the daughter of Ivan Royse and Lisa Parnell. They both survive. Other survivors include her 2 daughters, Julia Dynnae and Taylor Jordan Davis; and a son, Ezekiel Woods, all at home in Champaign; paternal grandparents, Ernest and Alma Royse, of Olney; maternal grandparentsm Rex and Millie Parnell, of Olney; a brother Brian (Jackie) Royse and their son, Braden, all of St. Peters, Mo.; and surviving are several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Emily worked as a Pharmacy Technician for Walgreen’s. She attended First Christian Church in Savoy. She was a great cook and her greatest love in life was spending time with her children, family and friends.